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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on June 21, 1950Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 1950381,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,621 km237,128 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 15, 195015:53
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 23, 195005:13

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 15, 1950 to the new moon of July 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.55 days.