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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on October 20, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 October 1951403,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
403,553 km250,756 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 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.