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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on January 19, 1953Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 January 1953365,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
365,038 km226,824 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 15, 195314:08
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 22, 195305:43

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1953 to the new moon of February 14, 1953, a cycle of 29.46 days.