Waning · 96.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°
Moon age
17.1days
Moon phase on December 26, 1950Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, December 26, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
400,022 km248,562 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 26, 1950 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, December 24, 1950 | 10:23 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, January 1, 1951 | 05:11 |
The Moon around December 26
More about this date
Tuesday, December 26, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1950, or the whole moon calendar 1950.
- The same date one year apart: 1949 · 1951.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.