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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 April 1951397,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
397,654 km247,091 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 14, 195112:56
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 195121:30

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 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.