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The Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1950: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on July 9, 1950Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 July 1950404,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 9, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
404,831 km251,551 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 7, 195002:54
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 15, 195005:06

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Sunday, July 9, 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.