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The Moon on Monday, January 28, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 28, 1952Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 January 1952360,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 28, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
360,963 km224,292 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 26, 195222:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 2, 195220:02

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Monday, January 28, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1952 to the new moon of February 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.