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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on January 26, 1954Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 January 1954404,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
404,018 km251,045 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.