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The Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1951: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 January 1951363,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 4, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,024 km225,573 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1951 is on Sunday, December 24, 1950 at 10:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Thursday, January 4, 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.