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The Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 17, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 January 1951404,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 17, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,837 km251,554 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 15, 195100:23
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 23, 195104:47

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Wednesday, January 17, 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.