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The Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on January 14, 1960Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 January 1960400,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 14, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
400,393 km248,792 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 13, 196023:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 21, 196015:01

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Thursday, January 14, 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.