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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 October 1949397,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
397,858 km247,217 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.