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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 19, 1950Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 January 1950384,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
384,265 km238,771 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 18, 195008:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 26, 195004:40

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 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.