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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1951: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on July 28, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 July 1951403,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
403,922 km250,985 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 25, 195118:59
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 2, 195122:39

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 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.