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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on October 20, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 October 1950386,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.1% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
386,128 km239,928 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 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.