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The Moon on Thursday, November 24, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on November 24, 1949Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 November 1949381,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
381,048 km236,772 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1949 is on Monday, December 5, 1949 at 15:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 20, 1949 at 07:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Thursday, November 24, 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.