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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1949: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

First Quarter at

04:19UTC

Moon phase on September 29, 1949First Quarter

Thursday 29 September 1949383,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
383,659 km238,394 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 22, 194912:21
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 29, 194904:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 7, 194902:53

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 1949 to the new moon of October 21, 1949, a cycle of 29.38 days.