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The Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1953: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Last Quarter at

10:09UTC

Moon phase on January 8, 1953Last Quarter

Thursday 8 January 1953397,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 8, 1953, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
397,892 km247,239 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1953 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 31, 195205:06
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 8, 195310:09
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 15, 195314:08

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Thursday, January 8, 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.