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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1962: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 1962380,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
380,599 km236,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37
New Moon (after)Monday, February 5, 196200:10

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.