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The Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1950: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Full Moon at

07:48UTC

Moon phase on January 4, 1950Full Moon

Wednesday 4 January 1950386,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 4, 1950, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
386,929 km240,427 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 387,579 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1950 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 27, 194906:32
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 4, 195007:48
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 11, 195010:31

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Wednesday, January 4, 1950 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.