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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 14, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 December 1959406,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
406,456 km252,560 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1959 is on Tuesday, December 15, 1959 at 04:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 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.