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The Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on February 19, 1949Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 February 1949376,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
376,490 km233,940 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Saturday, February 19, 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.