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The Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 2, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 November 1949405,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 2, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
405,454 km251,937 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Wednesday, November 2, 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.