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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1949: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1949Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 November 1949364,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
364,862 km226,715 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 13, 194915:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 20, 194907:29

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 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.