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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on January 20, 1954Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 January 1954392,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
392,434 km243,847 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 19, 195402:37
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 27, 195403:28

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.