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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1949: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on April 24, 1949Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 April 1949405,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
405,873 km252,198 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1949 is on Wednesday, April 13, 1949 at 04:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.