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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1958Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 December 1958371,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
371,001 km230,529 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1958 to the new moon of January 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.51 days.