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The Moon on Monday, January 30, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 30, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 January 1950391,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 30, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
391,895 km243,512 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Monday, January 30, 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.