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The Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1950: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on April 15, 1950Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 April 1950402,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 15, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
402,853 km250,321 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1950 is on Sunday, April 2, 1950 at 20:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 9, 195011:42
New Moon (after)Monday, April 17, 195008:25

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Saturday, April 15, 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.