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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on July 18, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 July 1959364,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
364,635 km226,573 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.