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The Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 24, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 December 1958398,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 24, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
398,799 km247,802 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Wednesday, December 24, 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.