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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1959: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Last Quarter at

20:39UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 1959Last Quarter

Wednesday 29 April 1959380,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 1959, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
380,368 km236,349 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 23, 195905:13
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 29, 195920:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 7, 195920:12

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.