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The Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 November 1940397,901 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 16, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
397,901 km247,244 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1940 is on Friday, November 15, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 15, 194002:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 22, 194016:36

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Saturday, November 16, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1940 to the new moon of November 29, 1940, a cycle of 29.44 days.