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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1949: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 August 1949392,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
392,410 km243,832 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 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.