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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 January 1962383,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
383,436 km238,256 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 13, 196205:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 20, 196218:17

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.