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The Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 9, 1951Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 January 1951367,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
367,179 km228,154 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 7, 195120:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 15, 195100:23

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Tuesday, January 9, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1951 to the new moon of February 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.49 days.