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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 June 1959372,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
372,123 km231,226 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 20, 195920:00
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 27, 195922:12

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 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.