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The Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on May 17, 1949Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 May 1949389,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 17, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
389,991 km242,329 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 19, 194919:22

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Tuesday, May 17, 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.