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The Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 28, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 January 1961404,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 28, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
404,890 km251,587 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 23, 196116:14
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 31, 196118:47

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Saturday, January 28, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1961 to the new moon of February 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.