Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°
Moon age
4.0days
Moon phase on October 6, 1959Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, October 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,295 km226,984 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 6, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 2, 1959 at 12:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, October 2, 1959 | 12:31 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, October 9, 1959 | 04:23 |
The Moon around October 6
More about this date
Tuesday, October 6, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1959 to the new moon of October 31, 1959, a cycle of 29.42 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1959, or the whole moon calendar 1959.
- The same date one year apart: 1958 · 1960.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.