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The Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 December 1958401,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 23, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
401,487 km249,473 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Tuesday, December 23, 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.