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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 1965Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 January 1965368,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
368,099 km228,726 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1965 is on Sunday, January 17, 1965 at 13:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 1, 1965 at 16:36 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 17, 196513:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 24, 196511:07

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.