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The Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1950Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 September 1950366,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 16, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,751 km227,889 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 12, 195003:29
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 18, 195020:54

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Saturday, September 16, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1950 to the new moon of October 11, 1950, a cycle of 29.42 days.