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The Moon on Monday, January 1, 1951: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Last Quarter at

05:11UTC

Moon phase on January 1, 1951Last Quarter

Monday 1 January 1951376,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 1, 1951, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
376,032 km233,655 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1951 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 24, 195010:23
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, January 1, 195105:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 7, 195120:10

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Monday, January 1, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1950 to the new moon of January 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.45 days.