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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on December 9, 1961Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 December 1961371,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
371,276 km230,700 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 7, 196123:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 14, 196120:06

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1961 to the new moon of January 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.53 days.