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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 14, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 October 1959392,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
392,351 km243,796 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 2, 1959 at 12:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 9, 195904:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 16, 195915:59

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.