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The Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1950: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

First Quarter at

15:35UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 1950First Quarter

Sunday 20 August 1950369,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 20, 1950, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
369,743 km229,748 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1950 is on Sunday, August 27, 1950 at 14:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 13, 1950 at 16:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 13, 195016:48
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 20, 195015:35
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 27, 195014:51

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Sunday, August 20, 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.