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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1951: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 23, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 December 1951380,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
380,231 km236,264 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 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.