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The Moon on Friday, December 7, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 December 1951384,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 7, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
384,997 km239,226 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Friday, December 7, 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.