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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 1959: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 3 July 1959404,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
404,121 km251,109 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 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.