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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 4, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 August 1949380,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
380,153 km236,216 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 1, 194912:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 8, 194919:33

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.