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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 1949: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 19 August 1949386,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
386,954 km240,442 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 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.