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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 December 1952377,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
377,817 km234,765 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1952 to the new moon of January 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.50 days.