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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 1949Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 June 1949380,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
380,904 km236,683 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 10, 194921:45
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 18, 194912:29

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.