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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1949: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on November 17, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 November 1949361,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,621 km224,701 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1949 is on Saturday, November 5, 1949 at 21:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 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.