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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 January 1950396,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.7% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
396,282 km246,238 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 26, 195004:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 2, 195022:16

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.