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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 May 1951387,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
387,979 km241,079 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 27, 195120:17
New Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 195116:41

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 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.