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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1962: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 25, 1962Waning Crescent

Tuesday 25 December 1962392,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
392,071 km243,621 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.