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The Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on June 22, 1950Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 June 1950377,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 22, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
377,378 km234,492 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Thursday, June 22, 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.