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The Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 8, 1950Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 April 1950374,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 8, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
374,176 km232,502 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 2, 195020:49
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 9, 195011:42

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Saturday, April 8, 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.