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The Moon on Friday, December 9, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 December 1949385,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
385,486 km239,530 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 5, 194915:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 13, 194901:48

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Friday, December 9, 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.