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The Moon on Monday, November 5, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on November 5, 1951Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 November 1951369,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 5, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
369,839 km229,807 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 30, 195113:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 6, 195106:59

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Monday, November 5, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1951 to the new moon of November 29, 1951, a cycle of 29.46 days.