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The Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 December 1951405,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
405,982 km252,266 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Saturday, December 15, 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.