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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 1950Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 August 1950389,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
389,380 km241,949 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 5, 195019:56

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 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.