Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°
Full Moon at
12:51UTC
Moon phase on August 18, 1959Full Moon
On Tuesday, August 18, 1959, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
378,304 km235,067 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 378,443 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 18, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, August 11, 1959 | 17:10 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, August 18, 1959 | 12:51 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 26, 1959 | 08:03 |
The Moon around August 18
More about this date
Tuesday, August 18, 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.