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The Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 13, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 December 1961369,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
369,134 km229,369 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Wednesday, December 13, 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.