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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 July 1950368,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
368,723 km229,114 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 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.