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The Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on March 13, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 March 1949358,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 13, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
358,618 km222,835 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Sunday, March 13, 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.