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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 1960Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 January 1960379,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
379,630 km235,891 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.