Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°
Moon age
13.3days
Moon phase on January 22, 1959Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, January 22, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
392,078 km243,626 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 22, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, January 16, 1959 | 21:27 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, January 24, 1959 | 19:33 |
The Moon around January 22
More about this date
Thursday, January 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1959, or the whole moon calendar 1959.
- The same date one year apart: 1958 · 1960.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.