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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on October 15, 1950Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 October 1950364,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
364,870 km226,719 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 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.