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The Moon on Friday, February 11, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on February 11, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 February 1949366,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 11, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
366,006 km227,426 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 6, 194908:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 13, 194909:08

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Friday, February 11, 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.