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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1951: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on October 28, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 October 1951380,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
380,329 km236,326 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.