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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 January 1951384,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
384,644 km239,007 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.