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The Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1951: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

New Moon at

07:48UTC

Moon phase on July 4, 1951New Moon

Wednesday 4 July 1951405,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 4, 1951, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
405,950 km252,245 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 26, 195106:22
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, July 4, 195107:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 12, 195104:56

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Wednesday, July 4, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1951 to the new moon of August 2, 1951, a cycle of 29.62 days.