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The Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1950: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

New Moon at

08:00UTC

Moon phase on January 18, 1950New Moon

Wednesday 18 January 1950380,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 18, 1950, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
380,049 km236,152 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 11, 195010:31
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 18, 195008:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 26, 195004:40

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Wednesday, January 18, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1950 to the new moon of February 16, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.