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The Moon on Friday, August 4, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on August 4, 1950Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 August 1950401,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 4, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.7% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
401,385 km249,409 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Friday, August 4, 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.