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The Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 19, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 January 1949366,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,723 km227,871 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1949 is on Friday, January 14, 1949 at 22:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 14, 194922:00
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 21, 194914:08

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Wednesday, January 19, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 1948 to the new moon of January 29, 1949, a cycle of 29.71 days.