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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1959Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 January 1959371,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
371,003 km230,530 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 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.