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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on July 16, 1949Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 July 1949403,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.4% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
403,946 km251,001 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 10, 194907:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 18, 194906:02

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.