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The Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1952: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 22, 1952Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 January 1952370,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
370,503 km230,220 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1952 is on Saturday, January 12, 1952 at 04:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Tuesday, January 22, 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.