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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1951: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 26, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 26 October 1951390,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
390,805 km242,835 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.