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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on January 17, 1952Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 January 1952396,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
396,902 km246,623 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 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.