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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1949: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on March 26, 1949Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1949405,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
405,011 km251,662 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.