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The Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 19, 1960Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 January 1960383,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
383,776 km238,467 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Tuesday, January 19, 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.