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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1949: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on July 23, 1949Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 July 1949382,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
382,669 km237,780 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.