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The Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 3, 1958Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 December 1958378,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 3, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.3% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
378,042 km234,904 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1958 is on Wednesday, November 26, 1958 at 10:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Wednesday, December 3, 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.