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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 1951: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

First Quarter at

12:23UTC

Moon phase on August 10, 1951First Quarter

Friday 10 August 1951374,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 1951, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
374,324 km232,594 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 2, 195122:39
First Quarter (this day)Friday, August 10, 195112:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 195102:59

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.