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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 December 1950405,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
405,525 km251,982 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1950 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 9, 1950 at 09:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 16, 195005:57
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 24, 195010:23

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.