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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 20, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 January 1950388,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
388,765 km241,568 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 18, 195008:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 26, 195004:40

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1950 to the new moon of February 16, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.