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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on March 23, 1950Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 March 1950405,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
405,184 km251,770 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 18, 195015:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 26, 195020:10

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1950 to the new moon of April 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.71 days.