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The Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1950: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1950Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 January 1950371,412 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 15, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
371,412 km230,785 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1950 is on Wednesday, January 4, 1950 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Sunday, January 15, 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.