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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1950: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 8, 1950Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 August 1950402,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
402,063 km249,830 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.