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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on December 6, 1952Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 December 1952402,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
402,865 km250,329 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 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.