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The Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on November 5, 1959Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 November 1959368,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 5, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
368,180 km228,776 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Thursday, November 5, 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.