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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on December 14, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 14 December 1951405,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
405,152 km251,750 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 13, 195109:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 21, 195114:38

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.