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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 1961Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 December 1961368,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
368,404 km228,915 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 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.