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The Moon on Monday, October 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 29 October 1951375,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
375,431 km233,282 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1951 is on Monday, October 15, 1951 at 00:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Monday, October 29, 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.