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The Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on November 6, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 November 1957397,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 6, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
397,909 km247,249 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 30, 195710:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 7, 195714:32

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Wednesday, November 6, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1957 to the new moon of November 21, 1957, a cycle of 29.48 days.