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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on August 25, 1949Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 August 1949361,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
361,364 km224,541 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 24, 194903:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 30, 194919:17

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1949 to the new moon of September 22, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.