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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on December 5, 1955Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 December 1955376,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
376,194 km233,756 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 1955 at 07:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 29, 195516:50
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 6, 195508:36

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1955 to the new moon of December 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.80 days.