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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on December 24, 1953Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 December 1953394,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
394,087 km244,874 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1953 is on Sunday, December 20, 1953 at 11:44 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 20, 195311:44
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 28, 195305:44

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.