Moon Phases 1959 — LCMS Lutheran

Blue moon in 1959: May 22 (third of four in spring)

Last quarter Fri, January 2 · 10:50 UT

New moon Fri, January 9 · 05:33 UT

First quarter Fri, January 16 · 21:26 UT

Full moon Sat, January 24 · 19:32 UT

Last quarter Sat, January 31 · 19:06 UT

New moon Sat, February 7 · 19:22 UT

First quarter Sun, February 15 · 19:20 UT

Full moon Mon, February 23 · 08:53 UT

Last quarter Mon, March 2 · 02:54 UT

New moon Mon, March 9 · 10:51 UT

First quarter Tue, March 17 · 15:10 UT

Full moon Tue, March 24 · 20:01 UT

Last quarter Tue, March 31 · 11:06 UT

New moon Wed, April 8 · 03:29 UT

First quarter Thu, April 16 · 07:32 UT

Full moon Thu, April 23 · 05:12 UT

Last quarter Wed, April 29 · 20:38 UT

New moon Thu, May 7 · 20:11 UT

First quarter Fri, May 15 · 20:08 UT

Full moon Fri, May 22 · 12:55 UT

Last quarter Fri, May 29 · 08:13 UT

New moon Sat, June 6 · 11:53 UT

First quarter Sun, June 14 · 05:22 UT

Full moon Sat, June 20 · 19:59 UT

Last quarter Sat, June 27 · 22:12 UT

New moon Mon, July 6 · 02:00 UT

First quarter Mon, July 13 · 12:01 UT

Full moon Mon, July 20 · 03:33 UT

Last quarter Mon, July 27 · 14:21 UT

New moon Tue, August 4 · 14:33 UT

First quarter Tue, August 11 · 17:09 UT

Full moon Tue, August 18 · 12:51 UT

Last quarter Wed, August 26 · 08:03 UT

New moon Thu, September 3 · 01:55 UT

First quarter Wed, September 9 · 22:07 UT

Full moon Thu, September 17 · 00:52 UT

Last quarter Fri, September 25 · 02:22 UT

New moon Fri, October 2 · 12:30 UT

First quarter Fri, October 9 · 04:22 UT

Full moon Fri, October 16 · 15:59 UT

Last quarter Sat, October 24 · 20:21 UT

New moon Sat, October 31 · 22:41 UT

First quarter Sat, November 7 · 13:23 UT

Full moon Sun, November 15 · 09:42 UT

Last quarter Mon, November 23 · 13:03 UT

New moon Mon, November 30 · 08:46 UT

First quarter Mon, December 7 · 02:11 UT

Full moon Tue, December 15 · 04:49 UT

Last quarter Wed, December 23 · 03:28 UT

New moon Tue, December 29 · 19:08 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox — but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonMarch 23

Golden number3

Astronomical

Nearest full moonMarch 24

Time20:01 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 1959 falls on March 29, 1959.

Moon Phases — 1959

The moon behind Easter