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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on January 28, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 January 1953400,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
400,966 km249,149 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 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.