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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on January 28, 1959Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 January 1959372,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
372,208 km231,279 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 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.