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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on December 25, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 December 1958395,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
395,698 km245,875 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 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.