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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 22, 1949Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 December 1949381,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
381,319 km236,940 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1949 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 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.