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The Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1953: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 10, 1953Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 January 1953387,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 10, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
387,674 km240,890 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1953 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 8, 195310:09
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 15, 195314:08

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Saturday, January 10, 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.