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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 January 1954375,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
375,810 km233,518 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 12, 195400:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 19, 195402:37

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1954 to the new moon of February 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.57 days.