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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1962: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 19, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 1962404,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.9% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
404,077 km251,081 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 18, 196222:42
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 26, 196222:59

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.