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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1949: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 26, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 January 1949391,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
391,841 km243,479 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1949 is on Friday, January 14, 1949 at 22:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 21, 194914:08
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 29, 194902:42

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.