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The Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on October 4, 1951Waxing Crescent

Thursday 4 October 1951372,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 4, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
372,081 km231,200 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 1, 195101:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 8, 195100:00

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Thursday, October 4, 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.