Waning · 88.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°
Moon age
17.4days
Moon phase on September 20, 1959Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, September 20, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
401,105 km249,235 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 20, 1959 is on Thursday, September 17, 1959 at 00:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 2, 1959 at 12:31 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, September 17, 1959 | 00:52 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, September 25, 1959 | 02:22 |
The Moon around September 20
More about this date
Sunday, September 20, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 1959 to the new moon of October 2, 1959, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 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.