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The Moon on Monday, November 21, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 21, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 November 1949364,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 21, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
364,550 km226,521 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 20, 194907:29
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 27, 194910:01

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Monday, November 21, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1949 to the new moon of December 19, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.