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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1957Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 December 1957370,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
370,993 km230,525 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.