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The Moon on Monday, March 28, 1949: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on March 28, 1949Waning Crescent

Monday 28 March 1949406,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 28, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
406,526 km252,604 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Monday, March 28, 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.