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The Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1950: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 7, 1950Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 October 1950383,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 7, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
383,049 km238,015 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 4, 195007:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 11, 195013:34

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Saturday, October 7, 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.