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The Moon on Monday, January 18, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 1960Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 January 1960387,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 18, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
387,702 km240,907 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Monday, January 18, 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.