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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on December 26, 1953Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 1953401,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
401,465 km249,458 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1953 is on Sunday, December 20, 1953 at 11:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.