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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on December 19, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 December 1958403,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
403,876 km250,957 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 17, 195823:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 26, 195803:54

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.