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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on August 12, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 August 1959369,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,259 km229,447 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 11, 195917:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 18, 195912:51

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 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.