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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 30, 1951Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 December 1951359,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,387 km223,313 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1951 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 195111:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 4, 195204:42

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1951 to the new moon of January 26, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.