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The Moon on Monday, May 29, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on May 29, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 May 1950359,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 29, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
359,465 km223,361 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Monday, May 29, 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.