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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1949: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 1949368,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
368,680 km229,087 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 13, 194901:48
New Moon (after)Monday, December 19, 194918:56

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.