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The Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on December 20, 1949Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 December 1949371,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 20, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
371,379 km230,764 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1949 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 19, 194918:56
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 27, 194906:32

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Tuesday, December 20, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1949 to the new moon of January 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.54 days.