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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on July 9, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 1949381,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
381,431 km237,010 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.