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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1959: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on July 30, 1959Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 July 1959403,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
403,934 km250,993 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1959 is on Monday, July 20, 1959 at 03:33 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 27, 195914:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.