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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 August 1949404,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
404,016 km251,044 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.