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The Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1950: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 1950Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 December 1950359,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 7, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
359,214 km223,205 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1950 is on Friday, November 24, 1950 at 15:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 9, 1950 at 09:29 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 2, 195016:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 9, 195009:29

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Thursday, December 7, 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.