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The Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 4, 1951Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 December 1951371,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 4, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
371,122 km230,605 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 29, 195101:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 5, 195116:21

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Tuesday, December 4, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1951 to the new moon of December 28, 1951, a cycle of 29.45 days.