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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1950: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on July 12, 1950Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 July 1950401,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
401,436 km249,440 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.