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The Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on January 25, 1950Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 January 1950404,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 25, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,161 km251,134 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Wednesday, January 25, 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.