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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 January 1959374,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
374,072 km232,438 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 24, 195919:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 31, 195919:07

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 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.