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The Moon on Sunday, December 3, 1961: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on December 3, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 December 1961396,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 3, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
396,419 km246,324 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1961 is on Wednesday, November 22, 1961 at 09:44 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 30, 196106:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 7, 196123:52

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Sunday, December 3, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1961 to the new moon of December 7, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.