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The Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on November 22, 1953Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 November 1953371,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 22, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
371,666 km230,942 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1953 is on Friday, November 20, 1953 at 23:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 6, 1953 at 10:48 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Sunday, November 22, 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.