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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1951: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on October 24, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 October 1951399,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
399,521 km248,251 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.