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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on June 5, 1951Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 June 1951406,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
406,426 km252,542 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 4, 195116:41
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 12, 195118:52

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1951 to the new moon of July 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.