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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on March 18, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 March 1949368,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
368,259 km228,826 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 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.