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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on January 15, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 January 1965359,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
359,368 km223,301 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1965 is on Sunday, January 17, 1965 at 13:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 10, 196521:00
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 17, 196513:37

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 1965 to the new moon of February 1, 1965, a cycle of 29.81 days.