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The Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on October 26, 1950Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 October 1950404,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 26, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
404,124 km251,111 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 9, 1950 at 23:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 25, 195020:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 3, 195001:01

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Thursday, October 26, 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.