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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1950: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Last Quarter at

16:22UTC

Moon phase on December 2, 1950Last Quarter

Saturday 2 December 1950385,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1950, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.0% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
385,570 km239,582 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1950 is on Friday, November 24, 1950 at 15:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 9, 1950 at 09:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 24, 195015:14
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 2, 195016:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 9, 195009:29

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1950 to the new moon of December 9, 1950, a cycle of 29.42 days.