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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1950: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on June 8, 1950Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 June 1950398,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
398,607 km247,683 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 7, 195011:35
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 15, 195015:53

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 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.