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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1951: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 27, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 October 1951385,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
385,593 km239,596 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 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.