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The Moon on Monday, July 13, 1959: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

First Quarter at

12:02UTC

Moon phase on July 13, 1959First Quarter

Monday 13 July 1959372,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 13, 1959, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
372,454 km231,432 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 6, 195902:01
First Quarter (this day)Monday, July 13, 195912:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 20, 195903:33

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Monday, July 13, 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.