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The Moon on Monday, November 16, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on November 16, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 November 1953366,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 16, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
366,347 km227,637 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 14, 195307:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 20, 195323:12

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Monday, November 16, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 1953 to the new moon of December 6, 1953, a cycle of 29.70 days.