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The Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on November 18, 1959Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 November 1959405,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 18, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,815 km252,162 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Wednesday, November 18, 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.