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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on October 16, 1950Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 October 1950368,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
368,498 km228,974 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 11, 1950 at 13:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 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.