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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 January 1961406,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
406,012 km252,284 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.