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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on December 13, 1957Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 December 1957370,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
370,428 km230,173 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 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.