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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1950: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 1950Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 March 1950394,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
394,056 km244,855 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 11, 195002:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 18, 195015:20

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.