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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 1948Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 January 1948364,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
364,966 km226,779 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 194807:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 2, 194800:32

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1948 to the new moon of February 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.80 days.