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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1962: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 23, 1962Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 December 1962399,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
399,362 km248,152 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 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.