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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on December 17, 1962Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 December 1962399,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
399,071 km247,971 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.