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The Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1963: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 December 1963394,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 8, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
394,675 km245,240 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1963 is on Saturday, November 30, 1963 at 23:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 7, 196321:34
New Moon (after)Monday, December 16, 196302:06

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Sunday, December 8, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1963 to the new moon of December 16, 1963, a cycle of 29.80 days.