Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, November 8, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on November 8, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 November 1959383,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 8, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
383,336 km238,194 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 7, 195913:24
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 15, 195909:42

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Sunday, November 8, 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.