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The Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 1949Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 November 1949403,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 6, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
403,623 km250,799 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 5, 194921:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 13, 194915:48

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Sunday, November 6, 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.