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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 October 1951374,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
374,261 km232,555 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.