Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°
Moon age
12.7days
Moon phase on February 20, 1959Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, February 20, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
384,901 km239,166 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 20, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, February 15, 1959 | 19:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, February 23, 1959 | 08:54 |
The Moon around February 20
More about this date
Friday, February 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 1959, or the whole moon calendar 1959.
- The same date one year apart: 1958 · 1960.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.