New moon dates 1950
- 1950: 12 × new moon — 18 January 1950, 17 February 1950, 18 March 1950, 17 April 1950, 17 May 1950, 15 June 1950, 15 July 1950, 13 August 1950, 12 September 1950, 11 October 1950, 10 November 1950, 9 December 1950.
New moon dates 1950
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 18 Jan | 07:58 | passed |
| Fri 17 Feb | 22:52 | passed |
| Sat 18 Mar | 15:19 | passed |
| Mon 17 Apr | 08:24 | passed |
| Wed 17 May | 00:53 | passed |
| Thu 15 Jun | 15:52 | passed |
| Sat 15 Jul | 05:04 | passed |
| Sun 13 Aug | 16:47 | passed |
| Tue 12 Sep | 03:28 | passed |
| Wed 11 Oct | 13:32 | passed |
| Fri 10 Nov | 23:24 | passed |
| Sat 9 Dec | 09:27 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.