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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1949: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Full Moon at

15:14UTC

Moon phase on December 5, 1949Full Moon

Monday 5 December 1949398,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1949, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
398,230 km247,448 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 397,848 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 27, 194910:01
Full Moon (this day)Monday, December 5, 194915:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 13, 194901:48

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 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.