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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 June 1949402,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
402,025 km249,807 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 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.