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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1949: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 22, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 22 July 1949387,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
387,800 km240,967 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 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.