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The Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 20, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 September 1950376,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
376,169 km233,740 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 18, 195020:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 26, 195004:22

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Wednesday, September 20, 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.