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The Moon on Friday, January 23, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on January 23, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 January 1953383,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 23, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
383,286 km238,163 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 22, 195305:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 29, 195323:44

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Friday, January 23, 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.