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The Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on September 23, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 September 1950385,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 23, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
385,914 km239,796 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 12, 1950 at 03:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Saturday, September 23, 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.