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The Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on June 24, 1959Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 June 1959378,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
378,005 km234,881 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Wednesday, June 24, 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.