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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 8, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 May 1949365,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
365,051 km226,832 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.