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The Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on June 29, 1949Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 June 1949373,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 29, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
373,071 km231,815 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Wednesday, June 29, 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.