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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on October 14, 1950Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 October 1950362,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
362,239 km225,085 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.