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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on October 19, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 October 1951401,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
401,540 km249,505 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 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.