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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 31, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 January 1950387,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
387,123 km240,547 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 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.