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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 January 1959402,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
402,305 km249,981 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 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.