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The Moon on Monday, October 1, 1951: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

New Moon at

01:57UTC

Moon phase on October 1, 1951New Moon

Monday 1 October 1951380,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 1, 1951, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
380,294 km236,304 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 23, 195104:13
New Moon (this day)Monday, October 1, 195101:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 8, 195100:00

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Monday, October 1, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1951 to the new moon of October 30, 1951, a cycle of 29.50 days.