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The Moon on Monday, October 31, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 31, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 October 1949401,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 31, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
401,534 km249,502 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Monday, October 31, 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.