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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 October 1959395,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
395,565 km245,793 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 2, 1959 at 12:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 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.