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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 October 1949405,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
405,825 km252,168 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 22, 1949 at 12:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 29, 194904:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 7, 194902:53

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 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.