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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1949: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 23, 1949Waning Crescent

Monday 23 May 1949404,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
404,424 km251,298 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.