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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 December 1952381,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
381,121 km236,817 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.