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The Moon on Monday, June 27, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on June 27, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 June 1949378,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 27, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
378,572 km235,234 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 26, 194910:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 3, 194908:08

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Monday, June 27, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 26, 1949 to the new moon of July 25, 1949, a cycle of 29.40 days.