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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on July 15, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 July 1951363,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
363,356 km225,779 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 12, 195104:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 18, 195119:17

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 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.