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The Moon on Sunday, June 14, 1959: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

First Quarter at

05:23UTC

Moon phase on June 14, 1959First Quarter

Sunday 14 June 1959376,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 14, 1959, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
376,029 km233,654 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 6, 195911:54
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, June 14, 195905:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 20, 195920:00

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Sunday, June 14, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1959 to the new moon of July 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.59 days.