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The Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1959: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 3, 1959Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 January 1959369,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 3, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
369,384 km229,524 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1959 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 2, 195910:51
New Moon (after)Friday, January 9, 195905:34

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Saturday, January 3, 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.