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The Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 1951Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 April 1951404,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
404,725 km251,485 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 6, 195110:52
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 14, 195112:56

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Wednesday, April 11, 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.