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The Moon on Friday, July 10, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 10, 1959Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 July 1959383,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 10, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
383,279 km238,159 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Friday, July 10, 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.