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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1959: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1959Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 October 1959375,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
375,497 km233,323 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1959 is on Friday, October 16, 1959 at 15:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 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.