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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1949: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 October 1949361,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,392 km224,559 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.