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The Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 1952Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 November 1952395,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 6, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
395,657 km245,850 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1952 is on Saturday, November 1, 1952 at 23:10 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 17, 1952 at 12:56 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 1, 195223:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 9, 195215:43

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Thursday, November 6, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 1952 to the new moon of November 17, 1952, a cycle of 29.59 days.