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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 January 1959403,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,915 km250,981 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 16, 195921:27
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 24, 195919:33

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 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.