Nikkor 50mm 1.8d lens?

I'm looking at a Nikkor 50mm 1.8D and i notice it doesn't have VR. Does it work well in low light situations?

VR is only really relevant with long lenses, longer than 105 mm.

For decades, people used cameras and lenses without image stabilization and created brilliant images

They just learned how to 1) shoot at high enough shutter speeds to avoid camera movement during the exposure and 2) learned how to hold their camera using their left hand on the lens, right on the camera with their finger on the shutter release and with the camera snugly next to their cheek and eye.

This is all in your user manual

Any lens f/2.8 or faster performs well in low light.

VR or any anti vibration won't let you use a faster shutter to prevent blur from moving subject. It is only for camera shake, it won't let more light come inside the camera, therefore at night or in low light situation if you're required to use a fast shutter speed you will need a wide aperture and high iso setting or a flash.

Here's a few quick example.

If you shoot let say at 70mm f/2, 8 with vr on and the shutter speed give you 1/60 at iso 3200, the vr will prevent you from suffering camera shake but if your subject is moving, 1/60 might give you blur (ghost effect on subject) due to the slow shutter speed. The vr is not really helping you get a clear subject.

If you use an f/1, 4 lens at 50mm iso 3200, it's actually 2 stop down that will let more light come in, you will be able to shoot at 1/125 to avoid blur form the moving subject and camera shake, you will be able to decrease the iso to 1600 to get less noise in your image, you'll get less depth of field but that's another story.

If you shoot with a zoom lens at 300mm under an overcast day, without vr you'll need at least 1/300 to avoid camera shake and this is where the vr come very handy, if you need to shoot at 1/250 or 1/125 or 1/300 the vr will serve you well.