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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 January 1952377,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
377,303 km234,445 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 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.