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The Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on January 25, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 January 1953391,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 25, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
391,744 km243,419 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Sunday, January 25, 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.