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The Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 9, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 October 1951371,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
371,079 km230,578 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 8, 195100:00
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 15, 195100:51

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Tuesday, October 9, 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.