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The Moon on Friday, January 26, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 January 1951386,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
386,329 km240,054 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Friday, January 26, 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.