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The Moon on Sunday, July 26, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on July 26, 1959Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 July 1959399,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
399,011 km247,934 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Sunday, July 26, 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.