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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on January 2, 1953Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 January 1953402,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
402,514 km250,111 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1953 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 31, 195205:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 8, 195310:09

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1952 to the new moon of January 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.50 days.