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The Moon on Friday, November 17, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on November 17, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 November 1950387,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 17, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
387,146 km240,562 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1950 is on Friday, November 24, 1950 at 15:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 9, 1950 at 23:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 16, 195015:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 24, 195015:14

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Friday, November 17, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1950 to the new moon of December 9, 1950, a cycle of 29.42 days.