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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on December 30, 1962Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 December 1962375,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
375,356 km233,236 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1962 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 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.