Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on August 31, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 August 1949378,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
378,676 km235,298 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 30, 194919:17
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 7, 194910:00

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.