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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 1959: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Last Quarter at

10:51UTC

Moon phase on January 2, 1959Last Quarter

Friday 2 January 1959371,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 1959, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
371,460 km230,814 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1959 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 195803:54
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, January 2, 195910:51
New Moon (after)Friday, January 9, 195905:34

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1958 to the new moon of January 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.51 days.