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The Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1950: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 10, 1950Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 October 1950366,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 10, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
366,696 km227,854 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1950 is on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 04:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Tuesday, October 10, 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.