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The Moon on Friday, October 13, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on October 13, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 October 1950360,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 13, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
360,948 km224,283 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 11, 195013:34
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 18, 195004:18

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Friday, October 13, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 1950 to the new moon of November 9, 1950, a cycle of 29.41 days.