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The Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on October 28, 1950Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 October 1950406,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 28, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
406,101 km252,339 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1950 is on Wednesday, October 25, 1950 at 20:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 9, 1950 at 23:25 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Saturday, October 28, 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.