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The Moon on Monday, September 18, 1950: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

First Quarter at

20:54UTC

Moon phase on September 18, 1950First Quarter

Monday 18 September 1950370,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 1950, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,549 km230,249 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 12, 195003:29
First Quarter (this day)Monday, September 18, 195020:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 26, 195004:22

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Monday, September 18, 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.