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The Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1949: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on July 19, 1949Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 July 1949400,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
400,565 km248,899 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 18, 194906:02
New Moon (after)Monday, July 25, 194919:33

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Tuesday, July 19, 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.