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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 28, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 April 1950369,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
369,293 km229,468 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 25, 195010:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 2, 195005:19

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.