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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 1952: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 1952Waning Crescent

Monday 21 January 1952376,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
376,320 km233,834 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 20, 195206:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 26, 195222:26

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 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.