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The Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 29, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 April 1950364,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 29, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
364,010 km226,185 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Saturday, April 29, 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.