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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1951: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 1951369,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,916 km229,855 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 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.