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The Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1951: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on August 25, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 August 1951403,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 25, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,377 km250,647 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 195110:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Saturday, August 25, 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.