Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, December 23, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on December 23, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 December 1949386,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
386,828 km240,364 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1949 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 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.