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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on January 18, 1952Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 January 1952392,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
392,684 km244,002 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.