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The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on June 15, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 June 1949395,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
395,328 km245,646 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 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.