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The Moon on Monday, April 11, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on April 11, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 April 1949358,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 11, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,738 km222,909 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 6, 194913:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 13, 194904:08

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Monday, April 11, 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.