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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on July 21, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 July 1959374,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
374,058 km232,429 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 20, 195903:33
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 27, 195914:22

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 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.