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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1949: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on April 23, 1949Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 April 1949404,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,996 km251,653 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.