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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 19, 1950Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 April 1950406,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
406,250 km252,432 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 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.