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The Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 1960: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Full Moon at

23:51UTC

Moon phase on January 13, 1960Full Moon

Wednesday 13 January 1960402,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 13, 1960, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
402,667 km250,205 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 401,599 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 5, 196018:53
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 13, 196023:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 21, 196015:01

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Wednesday, January 13, 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.