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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1949: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on March 22, 1949Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 March 1949391,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
391,715 km243,400 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 21, 194913:10
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 29, 194915:11

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.