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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1950: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on May 11, 1950Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 May 1950398,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
398,757 km247,776 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 8, 195022:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 17, 195000:55

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 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.