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Moon phases August 1959

New moon
Tue 04 Aug
14:34 UTC
First quarter
Tue 11 Aug
17:10 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Tue 18 Aug
12:51 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 26 Aug
08:03 UTC

In August 1959 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Tuesday, August 4 at 14:34 UTC, the First Quarter on Tuesday, August 11 at 17:10 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, August 18 at 12:51 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, August 26 at 08:03 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 02 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 03 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%14:34 05 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 06 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 07 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 08 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 09 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 10 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 11First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%17:10 12 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 18Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%12:51 19 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 21 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 22 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 23 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 24 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 25 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%08:03 27 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 28 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 29 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 30 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 31 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8%

Exact phase times

August 1959 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on August 4, the First Quarter on August 11, the Full Moon on August 18 and the Last Quarter on August 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonTuesday, August 4, 195914:34
First QuarterTuesday, August 11, 195917:10
Full MoonTuesday, August 18, 195912:51
Last QuarterWednesday, August 26, 195908:03

Tuesday, August 18, 1959: Sturgeon Moon, 378,443 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1959

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm partial eclipse 23 Apr Pink Supermoon 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 17 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 15 Nov Beaver Micromoon 15 Dec Cold Micromoon