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The Moon on Friday, January 22, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 22, 1954Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 January 1954399,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 22, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
399,553 km248,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Friday, January 22, 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.