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The Moon on Monday, November 16, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1959Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 November 1959406,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 16, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
406,180 km252,389 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 15, 195909:42
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 23, 195913:03

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Monday, November 16, 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.