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The Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on August 13, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 August 1959368,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 13, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.1% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
368,827 km229,178 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Thursday, August 13, 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.