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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1953: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Full Moon at

23:44UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 1953Full Moon

Thursday 29 January 1953403,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1953, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
403,085 km250,465 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 403,938 km from Earth. MicromoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 22, 195305:43
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, January 29, 195323:44
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 7, 195304:09

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 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.