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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 January 1957373,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
373,953 km232,364 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 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.