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The Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 11, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 11 December 1951399,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
399,258 km248,087 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Tuesday, December 11, 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.