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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on August 19, 1950Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 August 1950369,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
369,843 km229,810 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1950 is on Sunday, August 27, 1950 at 14:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 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.