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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1949: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

First Quarter at

06:32UTC

Moon phase on December 27, 1949First Quarter

Tuesday 27 December 1949403,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.3% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,079 km250,462 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1949 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 19, 194918:56
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 27, 194906:32
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 4, 195007:48

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.