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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1949: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 15, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 December 1949366,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
366,291 km227,603 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 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.