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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1949: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Last Quarter at

04:06UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 1949Last Quarter

Saturday 15 October 1949383,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 1949, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
383,202 km238,111 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 7, 194902:53
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 15, 194904:06
New Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 194921:23

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 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.