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The Moon on Saturday, November 7, 1959: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

First Quarter at

13:24UTC

Moon phase on November 7, 1959First Quarter

Saturday 7 November 1959378,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 7, 1959, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
378,254 km235,036 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 31, 195922:41
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 7, 195913:24
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 15, 195909:42

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Saturday, November 7, 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.