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The Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on January 10, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 10 January 1960405,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 10, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,986 km252,268 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 5, 196018:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 13, 196023:51

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Sunday, January 10, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1959 to the new moon of January 28, 1960, a cycle of 29.46 days.