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The Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1949: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Last Quarter at

01:48UTC

Moon phase on December 13, 1949Last Quarter

Tuesday 13 December 1949371,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 13, 1949, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
371,672 km230,946 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 5, 194915:14
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 13, 194901:48
New Moon (after)Monday, December 19, 194918:56

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Tuesday, December 13, 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.