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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1949: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Full Moon at

02:53UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 1949Full Moon

Friday 7 October 1949406,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1949, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
406,286 km252,454 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 406,186 km from Earth. MicromoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 29, 194904:19
Full Moon (this day)Friday, October 7, 194902:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 15, 194904:06

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.