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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on April 12, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 1949358,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
358,071 km222,495 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 1949 at 15:11 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.