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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 January 1960397,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
397,715 km247,128 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 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.