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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 1959Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 July 1959379,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
379,136 km235,584 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 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.