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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 1959Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 May 1959362,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
362,112 km225,006 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 195912:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 29, 195908:14

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.