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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on August 23, 1959Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 August 1959399,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
399,508 km248,242 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 3, 1959 at 01:56 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 18, 195912:51
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 26, 195908:03

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 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.