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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1951Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 December 1951396,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
396,952 km246,655 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.