New moon dates 1951
- 1951: 13 × new moon — 7 January 1951, 6 February 1951, 7 March 1951, 6 April 1951, 6 May 1951, 4 June 1951, 4 July 1951, 3 August 1951, 1 September 1951, 1 October 1951, 30 October 1951, 29 November 1951, 28 December 1951.
New moon dates 1951
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 7 Jan | 20:09 | passed |
| Tue 6 Feb | 07:53 | passed |
| Wed 7 Mar | 20:49 | passed |
| Fri 6 Apr | 10:51 | passed |
| Sun 6 May | 01:34 | passed |
| Mon 4 Jun | 16:39 | passed |
| Wed 4 Jul | 07:47 | passed |
| Fri 3 Aug | 22:38 | passed |
| Sat 1 Sep | 12:48 | passed |
| Mon 1 Oct | 01:55 | passed |
| Tue 30 Oct | 13:53 | passed |
| Thu 29 Nov | 00:59 | passed |
| Fri 28 Dec | 11:42 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.