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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on December 2, 1952Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 December 1952389,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
389,654 km242,120 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 1, 195212:41
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 9, 195213:22

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1952 to the new moon of December 17, 1952, a cycle of 29.55 days.