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The Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 28, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 December 1952387,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 28, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
387,756 km240,940 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Sunday, December 28, 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.