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The Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on July 14, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 July 1959369,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
369,267 km229,452 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 13, 195912:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 20, 195903:33

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Tuesday, July 14, 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.