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The Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1959: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

First Quarter at

17:10UTC

Moon phase on August 11, 1959First Quarter

Tuesday 11 August 1959370,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 11, 1959, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,254 km230,065 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 4, 195914:34
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 11, 195917:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 18, 195912:51

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Tuesday, August 11, 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.