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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on December 14, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 December 1953369,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
369,615 km229,668 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1953 is on Sunday, December 20, 1953 at 11:44 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 6, 1953 at 10:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 13, 195316:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 20, 195311:44

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1953 to the new moon of January 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.65 days.