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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 1961Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 December 1961403,813 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
403,813 km250,918 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.