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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 22, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 December 1958403,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
403,542 km250,749 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.