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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on February 15, 1949Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 February 1949359,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
359,618 km223,456 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 13, 194909:08
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 20, 194900:43

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 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.