Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, July 27, 1959: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Last Quarter at

14:22UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 1959Last Quarter

Monday 27 July 1959402,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 1959, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
402,076 km249,839 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 20, 195903:33
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 27, 195914:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 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.