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The Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on September 21, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 September 1950379,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 21, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
379,305 km235,689 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Thursday, September 21, 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.