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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 1950Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 1950381,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
381,772 km237,222 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 15, 195005:06
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1950 to the new moon of August 13, 1950, a cycle of 29.49 days.