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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on February 11, 1959Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 February 1959398,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
398,887 km247,857 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 7, 195919:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 15, 195919:20

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.