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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 October 1959405,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,640 km252,053 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.