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The Moon on Monday, December 8, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on December 8, 1952Waning Gibbous

Monday 8 December 1952404,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 8, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.0% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
404,368 km251,262 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1952 is on Monday, December 1, 1952 at 12:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Monday, December 8, 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.