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The Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on January 10, 1959Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 January 1959378,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 10, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
378,655 km235,285 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 9, 195905:34
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 16, 195921:27

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Saturday, January 10, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1959 to the new moon of February 7, 1959, a cycle of 29.58 days.