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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 1951Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 December 1951400,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.2% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
400,802 km249,047 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.