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The Moon on Monday, December 3, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on December 3, 1962Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 December 1962376,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 3, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
376,293 km233,818 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 06:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 27, 196206:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 4, 196216:48

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Monday, December 3, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 1962 to the new moon of December 26, 1962, a cycle of 29.69 days.