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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1952: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Full Moon at

05:06UTC

Moon phase on December 31, 1952Full Moon

Wednesday 31 December 1952397,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 1952, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
397,337 km246,894 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 396,475 km from Earth. Blue Moon (monthly)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1952 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 1952 at 02:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 23, 195219:52
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, December 31, 195205:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 8, 195310:09

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.