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The Moon on Monday, December 9, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 9, 1957Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 December 1957376,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 9, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
376,034 km233,656 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 7, 195706:16
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 14, 195705:45

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Monday, December 9, 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.