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The Moon on Monday, December 25, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 1950Waning Gibbous

Monday 25 December 1950402,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 25, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
402,381 km250,028 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1950 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 24, 195010:23
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 1, 195105:11

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Monday, December 25, 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.