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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 1951Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 April 1951366,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
366,639 km227,819 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.