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The Moon on Sunday, July 5, 1959: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 1959Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 July 1959399,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 5, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
399,817 km248,434 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Sunday, July 5, 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.