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The Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on July 7, 1959Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 7 July 1959393,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 7, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
393,783 km244,685 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 6, 195902:01
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 13, 195912:02

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Tuesday, July 7, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 1959 to the new moon of August 4, 1959, a cycle of 29.52 days.