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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 January 1960369,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
369,231 km229,430 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 196006:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 4, 196014:26

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1960 to the new moon of February 26, 1960, a cycle of 29.51 days.