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The Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1950: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on September 5, 1950Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 September 1950401,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 5, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
401,579 km249,530 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1950 is on Sunday, August 27, 1950 at 14:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 4, 195013:54
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 12, 195003:29

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Tuesday, September 5, 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.