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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1960: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Last Quarter at

15:01UTC

Moon phase on January 21, 1960Last Quarter

Thursday 21 January 1960375,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
375,387 km233,254 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 13, 196023:51
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 21, 196015:01
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 196006:15

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 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.