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The Moon on Friday, April 10, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on April 10, 1959Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 April 1959406,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 10, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
406,016 km252,287 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 8, 195903:29
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 16, 195907:33

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Friday, April 10, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 1959 to the new moon of May 7, 1959, a cycle of 29.70 days.