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The Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on April 14, 1959Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 April 1959400,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
400,078 km248,597 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Tuesday, April 14, 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.