Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°
Moon age
1.9days
Moon phase on August 6, 1959Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, August 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
381,831 km237,259 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 6, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 4, 1959 | 14:34 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, August 11, 1959 | 17:10 |
The Moon around August 6
More about this date
Thursday, August 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1959, or the whole moon calendar 1959.
- The same date one year apart: 1958 · 1960.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.