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The Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1950: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Last Quarter at

11:42UTC

Moon phase on April 9, 1950Last Quarter

Sunday 9 April 1950379,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 9, 1950, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
379,518 km235,822 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 2, 195020:49
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 9, 195011:42
New Moon (after)Monday, April 17, 195008:25

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Sunday, April 9, 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.