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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1949: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 20 May 1949402,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
402,359 km250,014 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 19, 194919:22
New Moon (after)Friday, May 27, 194922:24

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.