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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1949: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 22 April 1949403,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
403,051 km250,444 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 20, 194903:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 28, 194908:02

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.