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The Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1962: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Full Moon at

18:17UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 1962Full Moon

Saturday 20 January 1962399,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 20, 1962, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
399,724 km248,377 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 400,380 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 13, 196205:01
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, January 20, 196218:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Saturday, January 20, 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.