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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 1951Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 December 1951405,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
405,317 km251,852 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.