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The Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1962: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

First Quarter at

16:48UTC

Moon phase on December 4, 1962First Quarter

Tuesday 4 December 1962373,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 4, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
373,035 km231,793 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 06:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 27, 196206:30
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 4, 196216:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 11, 196209:28

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Tuesday, December 4, 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.