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The Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1950Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 July 1950375,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
375,673 km233,432 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Thursday, July 20, 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.