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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on December 4, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 December 1949400,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
400,860 km249,083 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 27, 194910:01
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 5, 194915:14

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1949 to the new moon of December 19, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.