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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on February 18, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 February 1959394,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
394,945 km245,407 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 15, 195919:20
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 23, 195908:54

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 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.