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The Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 1949Waning Gibbous

Thursday 11 August 1949402,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 11, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
402,257 km249,951 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Thursday, August 11, 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.