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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1952: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Last Quarter at

06:09UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 1952Last Quarter

Sunday 20 January 1952382,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 1952, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
382,184 km237,478 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 12, 195204:55
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 20, 195206:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 26, 195222:26

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 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.