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The Moon on Friday, November 16, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on November 16, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 November 1951403,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
403,277 km250,585 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 13, 195115:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 21, 195120:01

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Friday, November 16, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1951 to the new moon of November 29, 1951, a cycle of 29.46 days.