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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 12, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 November 1959399,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
399,245 km248,079 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 31, 1959 at 22:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.