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The Moon on Thursday, April 14, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on April 14, 1949Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 April 1949362,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 14, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
362,304 km225,125 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 13, 194904:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 20, 194903:27

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Thursday, April 14, 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.