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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on May 11, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 May 1951404,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
404,204 km251,160 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 195105:32

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.