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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 January 1957359,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
359,321 km223,272 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 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.