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The Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on November 9, 1949Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 November 1949396,104 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 9, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
396,104 km246,127 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Wednesday, November 9, 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.