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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 1962Waning Gibbous

Friday 14 December 1962384,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
384,533 km238,937 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 11, 196209:28
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 18, 196222:42

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.