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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on February 18, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 February 1949371,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
371,224 km230,668 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 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.