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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1951: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 1951Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 1951402,412 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
402,412 km250,047 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 22, 195123:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 30, 195113:55

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.