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The Moon on Monday, April 4, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on April 4, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 4 April 1949390,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
390,827 km242,848 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 29, 194915:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 6, 194913:01

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Monday, April 4, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 1949 to the new moon of April 28, 1949, a cycle of 29.70 days.