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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1951: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

New Moon at

10:52UTC

Moon phase on April 6, 1951New Moon

Friday 6 April 1951391,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1951, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
391,897 km243,514 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1951 is on Friday, March 23, 1951 at 10:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 195105:35
New Moon (this day)Friday, April 6, 195110:52
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 14, 195112:56

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1951 to the new moon of May 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.61 days.