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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 1949: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 24, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 24 June 1949390,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
390,523 km242,660 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 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.