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The Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on July 21, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 July 1951369,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 21, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
369,074 km229,332 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 18, 195119:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 25, 195118:59

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Saturday, July 21, 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.