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The Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on October 13, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 October 1951379,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 13, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
379,663 km235,912 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Saturday, October 13, 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.