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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1949: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1949Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 October 1949377,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
377,267 km234,423 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 15, 194904:06
New Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 194921:23

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 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.