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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 1951Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 December 1951403,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
403,585 km250,776 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 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.