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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 1951Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 April 1951362,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
362,569 km225,290 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 21, 195121:30
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 28, 195112:18

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 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.