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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 2, 1958Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 December 1958382,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
382,372 km237,595 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1958 is on Wednesday, November 26, 1958 at 10:17 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 26, 195810:17
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 4, 195801:24

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 1958 to the new moon of December 10, 1958, a cycle of 29.45 days.