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The Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on November 21, 1953Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 November 1953367,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 21, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
367,290 km228,223 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 6, 1953 at 17:58 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 20, 195323:12
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 28, 195308:16

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Saturday, November 21, 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.