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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1959: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on October 25, 1959Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 October 1959393,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
393,361 km244,423 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 24, 195920:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 31, 195922:41

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.