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The Moon on Monday, April 13, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on April 13, 1959Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 April 1959403,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 13, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
403,087 km250,467 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Monday, April 13, 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.