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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1950: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 1950Waning Crescent

Monday 15 May 1950406,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
406,447 km252,555 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1950 is on Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at 05:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 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.