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The Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 1951Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 January 1951392,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 24, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
392,983 km244,188 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 23, 195104:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Wednesday, January 24, 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.