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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 October 1949393,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.1% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
393,667 km244,613 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 28, 194917:04
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 5, 194921:09

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.