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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on April 30, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 April 1950359,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
359,929 km223,649 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 17, 1950 at 08:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 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.