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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on December 9, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 December 1954358,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
358,534 km222,783 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1954 is on Friday, December 10, 1954 at 00:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 25, 1954 at 12:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 3, 195409:56
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 10, 195400:57

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 1954 to the new moon of December 25, 1954, a cycle of 29.79 days.