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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1950: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1950Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 August 1950387,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
387,525 km240,797 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.