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The Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on December 10, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 10 December 1959401,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 10, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
401,139 km249,256 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1959 is on Tuesday, December 15, 1959 at 04:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 7, 195902:12
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 15, 195904:49

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Thursday, December 10, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1959 to the new moon of December 29, 1959, a cycle of 29.43 days.