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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1959: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on December 24, 1959Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 December 1959373,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
373,532 km232,102 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1959 is on Tuesday, December 15, 1959 at 04:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 23, 195903:28
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 29, 195919:09

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.