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The Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on December 4, 1952Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 December 1952397,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 4, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
397,294 km246,867 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Thursday, December 4, 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.