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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1952Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 January 1952402,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
402,925 km250,366 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 12, 195204:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 20, 195206:09

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 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.