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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 30, 1949Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 July 1949367,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,199 km228,167 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 25, 194919:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 1, 194912:58

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1949 to the new moon of August 24, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.