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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1959Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 December 1959400,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
400,862 km249,084 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1959 is on Tuesday, December 15, 1959 at 04:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 15, 195904:49
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 23, 195903:28

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.