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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 1950: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 11, 1950Waning Crescent

Friday 11 August 1950391,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
391,775 km243,438 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 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.