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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1964: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

First Quarter at

06:01UTC

Moon phase on December 12, 1964First Quarter

Saturday 12 December 1964389,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 1964, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
389,246 km241,866 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 4, 1964 at 01:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 4, 196401:18
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 12, 196406:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 19, 196402:41

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1964 to the new moon of January 2, 1965, a cycle of 29.83 days.