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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1949: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on June 22, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 June 1949398,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
398,319 km247,504 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 18, 194912:29
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 26, 194910:02

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.