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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1949: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 October 1949358,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,352 km222,670 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1949 is on Friday, October 7, 1949 at 02:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.