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The Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1959: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Full Moon at

20:00UTC

Moon phase on June 20, 1959Full Moon

Saturday 20 June 1959360,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 1959, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
360,394 km223,938 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 361,047 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 14, 195905:23
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, June 20, 195920:00
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 27, 195922:12

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Saturday, June 20, 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.