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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on March 15, 1949Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 1949357,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
357,079 km221,879 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 14, 194919:03
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 21, 194913:10

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.