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The Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on July 11, 1951Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 July 1951383,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
383,717 km238,430 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Wednesday, July 11, 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.