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The Moon on Monday, December 2, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on December 2, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 December 1957401,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 2, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
401,402 km249,420 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 1957 at 16:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 29, 195706:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 7, 195706:16

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Monday, December 2, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1957 to the new moon of December 21, 1957, a cycle of 29.58 days.