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The Moon on Friday, December 29, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on December 29, 1961Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 December 1961403,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
403,019 km250,424 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Friday, December 29, 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.