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The Moon on Friday, June 26, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on June 26, 1959Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 June 1959389,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
389,919 km242,285 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Friday, June 26, 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.