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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 14, 1959Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 January 1959397,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
397,789 km247,175 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.