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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1950: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Full Moon at

10:23UTC

Moon phase on December 24, 1950Full Moon

Sunday 24 December 1950404,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 1950, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
404,229 km251,176 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 404,334 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1950 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 16, 195005:57
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 24, 195010:23
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 1, 195105:11

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 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.