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The Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on November 23, 1949Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 November 1949374,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 23, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
374,928 km232,969 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Wednesday, November 23, 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.