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The Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1959: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on June 30, 1959Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 June 1959404,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 30, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,563 km251,384 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 27, 195922:12
New Moon (after)Monday, July 6, 195902:01

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Tuesday, June 30, 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.