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The Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on April 1, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 April 1950363,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 1, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
363,447 km225,835 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 18, 1950 at 15:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 26, 195020:10
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 2, 195020:49

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Saturday, April 1, 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.