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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1950: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on May 14, 1950Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 May 1950405,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
405,782 km252,141 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 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.