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The Moon on Friday, December 7, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 December 1962365,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 7, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
365,724 km227,250 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 06:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 4, 196216:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 11, 196209:28

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Friday, December 7, 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.