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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on April 28, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 April 1959374,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
374,609 km232,771 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 23, 195905:13
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 29, 195920:39

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.