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The Moon on Friday, June 19, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 19, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 June 1959359,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
359,598 km223,443 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Friday, June 19, 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.