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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 October 1949364,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
364,736 km226,637 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 21, 194921:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 28, 194917:04

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1949 to the new moon of November 20, 1949, a cycle of 29.42 days.