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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on December 18, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 December 1953369,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
369,756 km229,756 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1953 is on Sunday, December 20, 1953 at 11:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 6, 1953 at 10:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.