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The Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on November 1, 1959Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 November 1959359,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 1, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
359,221 km223,209 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 31, 195922:41
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 7, 195913:24

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Sunday, November 1, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1959 to the new moon of November 30, 1959, a cycle of 29.42 days.