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The Moon on Friday, November 4, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on November 4, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 November 1949405,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
405,893 km252,210 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 21, 1949 at 21:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Friday, November 4, 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.