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The Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on April 18, 1950Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 April 1950406,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 18, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
406,390 km252,519 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 17, 195008:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 25, 195010:40

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Tuesday, April 18, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1950 to the new moon of May 17, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.