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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1953: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on January 14, 1953Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 January 1953365,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
365,210 km226,931 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1953 is on Wednesday, December 31, 1952 at 05:06 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.