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The Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1951: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 December 1951362,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
362,849 km225,464 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1951 is on Thursday, December 13, 1951 at 09:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Wednesday, December 26, 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.