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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on December 29, 1962Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 December 1962377,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
377,850 km234,785 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1962 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 26, 196222:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 3, 196301:02

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1962 to the new moon of January 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.61 days.