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The Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1950: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

First Quarter at

10:50UTC

Moon phase on July 22, 1950First Quarter

Saturday 22 July 1950370,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 22, 1950, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.7% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
370,630 km230,299 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 15, 195005:06
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Saturday, July 22, 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.