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The Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 1950Waning Gibbous

Sunday 1 October 1950405,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 1, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
405,168 km251,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 26, 195004:22
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 4, 195007:53

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Sunday, October 1, 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.