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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on March 9, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 March 1949379,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
379,173 km235,607 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 8, 194900:42
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 194919:03

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 27, 1949 to the new moon of March 29, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.