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The Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1949: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

First Quarter at

08:08UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 1949First Quarter

Sunday 3 July 1949369,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 3, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.0% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
369,789 km229,776 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 26, 194910:02
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 3, 194908:08
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 10, 194907:41

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Sunday, July 3, 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.