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The Moon on Friday, January 4, 1952: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

First Quarter at

04:42UTC

Moon phase on January 4, 1952First Quarter

Friday 4 January 1952385,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 4, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
385,219 km239,364 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 28, 1951 at 11:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 195111:43
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 4, 195204:42
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 12, 195204:55

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Friday, January 4, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1951 to the new moon of January 26, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.