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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on April 15, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 April 1949366,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
366,836 km227,941 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 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.