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The Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1955: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on December 10, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 December 1955399,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 10, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
399,274 km248,097 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 1955 at 07:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 6, 195508:36
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 14, 195507:07

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Saturday, December 10, 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.