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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1949: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on July 24, 1949Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 July 1949377,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
377,734 km234,713 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1949 is on Sunday, July 10, 1949 at 07:41 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.