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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1959: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Full Moon at

19:33UTC

Moon phase on January 24, 1959Full Moon

Saturday 24 January 1959383,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1959, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
383,667 km238,400 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 382,423 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 16, 195921:27
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, January 24, 195919:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 31, 195919:07

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.