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The Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 11, 1959Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 January 1959383,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 11, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
383,559 km238,333 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Sunday, January 11, 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.