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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1958Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 1958393,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
393,565 km244,550 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 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.