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The Moon on Monday, July 9, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on July 9, 1951Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 July 1951393,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
393,228 km244,340 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 4, 195107:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 12, 195104:56

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Monday, July 9, 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.