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The Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 28, 1951Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 January 1951379,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
379,528 km235,828 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Sunday, January 28, 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.