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The Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1949: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 August 1949397,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 17, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
397,120 km246,759 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 16, 194922:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 24, 194903:59

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Wednesday, August 17, 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.