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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 19, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 July 1959366,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
366,540 km227,757 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 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.