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The Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on November 17, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 November 1953363,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 17, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,849 km226,085 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Tuesday, November 17, 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.