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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1951: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 January 1951366,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,696 km227,855 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1951 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 1, 195105:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 7, 195120:10

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1950 to the new moon of January 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.45 days.