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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on January 21, 1954Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 January 1954396,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
396,189 km246,180 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 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.