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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 5, 1959Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 August 1959385,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
385,307 km239,418 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 11, 195917:10

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1959 to the new moon of September 3, 1959, a cycle of 29.47 days.