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The Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on January 6, 1953Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 January 1953403,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 6, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
403,922 km250,985 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1953 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Tuesday, January 6, 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.