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The Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on November 17, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 November 1951404,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 17, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
404,755 km251,503 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Saturday, November 17, 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.