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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on August 10, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 10 August 1949399,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,810 km248,430 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 8, 194919:33
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 16, 194922:59

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.