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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on April 15, 1959Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 April 1959396,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,012 km246,070 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.