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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 1959Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 October 1959404,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
404,887 km251,585 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 16, 195915:59
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 24, 195920:22

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.