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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 10, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 October 1951372,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
372,405 km231,402 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 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.