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The Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1951Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 October 1951398,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
398,607 km247,683 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 15, 195100:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 22, 195123:56

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Thursday, October 18, 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.