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The Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 January 1959399,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 20, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
399,626 km248,316 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Tuesday, January 20, 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.