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The Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1951: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

First Quarter at

04:56UTC

Moon phase on July 12, 1951First Quarter

Thursday 12 July 1951378,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 12, 1951, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
378,350 km235,096 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 4, 195107:48
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 12, 195104:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 18, 195119:17

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Thursday, July 12, 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.