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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on January 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 January 1969401,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
401,678 km249,591 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 25, 196908:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.