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The Moon on Friday, November 6, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 1959Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 November 1959373,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
373,089 km231,827 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Friday, November 6, 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.