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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1950: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

New Moon at

09:29UTC

Moon phase on December 9, 1950New Moon

Saturday 9 December 1950357,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 1950, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
357,020 km221,842 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 2, 195016:22
New Moon (this day)Saturday, December 9, 195009:29
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 16, 195005:57

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1950 to the new moon of January 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.45 days.