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The Moon on Friday, July 1, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on July 1, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 July 1949370,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 1, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
370,247 km230,060 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Friday, July 1, 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.