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The Moon on Monday, August 7, 1950: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 7, 1950Waning Crescent

Monday 7 August 1950403,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 7, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
403,744 km250,875 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 5, 195019:56
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 13, 195016:48

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Monday, August 7, 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.