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The Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on January 7, 1950Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 January 1950377,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 7, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
377,360 km234,481 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1950 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 4, 195007:48
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 11, 195010:31

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Saturday, January 7, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1949 to the new moon of January 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.54 days.