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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 December 1952384,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
384,442 km238,881 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 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.