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The Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1950: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 10, 1950Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 August 1950395,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 10, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
395,817 km245,949 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Thursday, August 10, 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.