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The Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 April 1951377,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
377,932 km234,836 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 28, 195112:18
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Sunday, April 29, 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.