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The Moon on Monday, July 2, 1951: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on July 2, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 2 July 1951406,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 2, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,407 km252,530 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Monday, July 2, 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.