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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on May 23, 1950Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 1950387,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
387,527 km240,798 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 17, 195000:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.