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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1949: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1949Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 August 1949381,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
381,108 km236,809 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 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.