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The Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 13, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 January 1957367,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 13, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
367,972 km228,647 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Sunday, January 13, 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.