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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on February 19, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 February 1959390,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
390,119 km242,409 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.