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The Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 1949Waning Gibbous

Saturday 13 August 1949404,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 13, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
404,889 km251,586 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Saturday, August 13, 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.