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The Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 December 1961382,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 19, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
382,350 km237,581 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Tuesday, December 19, 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.