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The Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on November 18, 1951Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 November 1951405,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
405,306 km251,846 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 29, 1951 at 01:00 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Sunday, November 18, 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.