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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 October 1951370,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
370,742 km230,368 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.