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The Moon on Monday, July 16, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on July 16, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 July 1951360,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
360,111 km223,763 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Monday, July 16, 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.