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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 December 1961372,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
372,209 km231,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 14, 196120:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 22, 196100:42

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 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.