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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1961: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Last Quarter at

03:57UTC

Moon phase on December 30, 1961Last Quarter

Saturday 30 December 1961400,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 1961, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
400,269 km248,716 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1961 is on Friday, December 22, 1961 at 00:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 196100:42
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 30, 196103:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 6, 196212:35

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 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.