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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 January 1951405,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,499 km251,965 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 1951 at 20:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.