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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 1959: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

First Quarter at

21:27UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 1959First Quarter

Friday 16 January 1959403,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 1959, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,358 km250,635 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 9, 195905:34
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 16, 195921:27
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 24, 195919:33

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 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.