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The Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 1949Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 11 October 1949401,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 11, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
401,150 km249,263 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 7, 194902:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 15, 194904:06

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Tuesday, October 11, 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.