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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 1950Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 1950398,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
398,203 km247,432 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 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.