Waning · 49.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°
Last Quarter at
10:20UTC
Moon phase on August 24, 1951Last Quarter
On Friday, August 24, 1951, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
400,796 km249,043 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 24, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, August 17, 1951 | 02:59 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, August 24, 1951 | 10:20 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, September 1, 1951 | 12:50 |
The Moon around August 24
More about this date
Friday, August 24, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1951, or the whole moon calendar 1951.
- The same date one year apart: 1950 · 1952.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.