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The Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on April 22, 1950Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 April 1950400,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 22, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
400,903 km249,110 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Saturday, April 22, 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.