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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 22, 1959Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 October 1959404,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
404,144 km251,123 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 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.