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The Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 30, 1949Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 January 1949402,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 30, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
402,907 km250,355 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 29, 194902:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 6, 194908:05

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Sunday, January 30, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.