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The Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 19, 1949Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 April 1949390,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
390,710 km242,776 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Tuesday, April 19, 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.