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The Moon on Monday, July 20, 1959: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Full Moon at

03:33UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1959Full Moon

Monday 20 July 1959369,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 20, 1959, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
369,750 km229,752 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 368,483 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 13, 195912:02
Full Moon (this day)Monday, July 20, 195903:33
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 27, 195914:22

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Monday, July 20, 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.