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The Moon on Monday, January 11, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 11, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 January 1960405,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 11, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
405,598 km252,027 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Monday, January 11, 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.