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The Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on November 19, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 November 1953362,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
362,581 km225,297 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Thursday, November 19, 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.