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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on August 16, 1950Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 August 1950373,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
373,672 km232,189 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1950 is on Sunday, August 27, 1950 at 14:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 13, 195016:48
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 20, 195015:35

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1950 to the new moon of September 12, 1950, a cycle of 29.44 days.