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The Moon on Friday, January 13, 1950: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on January 13, 1950Waning Crescent

Friday 13 January 1950369,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 13, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
369,679 km229,708 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1950 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 11, 195010:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 18, 195008:00

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Friday, January 13, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1949 to the new moon of January 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.54 days.