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The Moon on Friday, January 11, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on January 11, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 January 1957380,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 11, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
380,336 km236,330 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 9, 195707:06
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 16, 195706:21

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Friday, January 11, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1957 to the new moon of January 30, 1957, a cycle of 29.80 days.