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The Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on February 21, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 February 1959379,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 21, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
379,696 km235,932 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Saturday, February 21, 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.