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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1951: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 22, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 December 1951386,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
386,435 km240,119 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 21, 195114:38
New Moon (after)Friday, December 28, 195111:43

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 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.