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The Moon on Friday, November 23, 1951: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on November 23, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 23 November 1951390,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 23, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
390,871 km242,876 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 21, 195120:01
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 29, 195101:00

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Friday, November 23, 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.