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The Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1951: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on July 1, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 July 1951405,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 1, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
405,527 km251,982 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 26, 195106:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 4, 195107:48

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Sunday, July 1, 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.