Waning · 90.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°
Moon age
16.9days
Moon phase on August 21, 1959Waning Gibbous
On Friday, August 21, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
391,595 km243,326 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 3, 1959 at 01:56 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 18, 1959 | 12:51 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 26, 1959 | 08:03 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Friday, August 21, 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.