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The Moon on Monday, December 25, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on December 25, 1961Waning Gibbous

Monday 25 December 1961401,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 25, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
401,903 km249,731 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 196100:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 30, 196103:57

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Monday, December 25, 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.