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The Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 January 1962387,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
387,179 km240,582 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Tuesday, January 16, 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.