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The Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1950: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Last Quarter at

07:53UTC

Moon phase on October 4, 1950Last Quarter

Wednesday 4 October 1950398,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 4, 1950, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
398,694 km247,737 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 26, 195004:22
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 4, 195007:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 11, 195013:34

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Wednesday, October 4, 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.