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The Moon on Monday, June 15, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 June 1959371,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 15, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
371,127 km230,607 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 14, 195905:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 20, 195920:00

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Monday, June 15, 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.