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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1950Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 December 1950397,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.3% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
397,168 km246,789 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1950 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 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.