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The Moon on Friday, June 23, 1950: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

First Quarter at

05:13UTC

Moon phase on June 23, 1950First Quarter

Friday 23 June 1950373,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 23, 1950, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
373,166 km231,874 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 15, 195015:53
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 23, 195005:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 29, 195019:58

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Friday, June 23, 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.