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The Moon on Friday, December 30, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on December 30, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 December 1949403,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 30, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,207 km250,541 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1949 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 1949 at 18:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 27, 194906:32
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 4, 195007:48

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Friday, December 30, 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.