Waning · 99.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°
Moon age
15.0days
Moon phase on October 17, 1959Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, October 17, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
401,170 km249,276 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 17, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, October 16, 1959 | 15:59 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 24, 1959 | 20:22 |
The Moon around October 17
More about this date
Saturday, October 17, 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.
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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.