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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on March 19, 1949Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 March 1949374,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
374,159 km232,492 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 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.