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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1949: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1949Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 1949365,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
365,723 km227,250 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 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.