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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1959: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1959Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 December 1959363,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,466 km225,848 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1959 is on Tuesday, December 15, 1959 at 04:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.