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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on July 24, 1959Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 July 1959389,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
389,967 km242,314 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.