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The Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1950: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on January 14, 1950Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 January 1950370,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 14, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
370,170 km230,013 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1950 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 11, 195010:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 18, 195008:00

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Saturday, January 14, 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.