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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1949: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Last Quarter at

12:29UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 1949Last Quarter

Saturday 18 June 1949403,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 1949, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
403,704 km250,850 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 10, 194921:45
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, June 18, 194912:29
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 26, 194910:02

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 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.