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The Moon on Monday, July 4, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 4, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 July 1949370,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
370,344 km230,121 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 3, 194908:08
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 10, 194907:41

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Monday, July 4, 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.