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The Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on November 19, 1959Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 November 1959404,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 19, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,401 km251,283 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Thursday, November 19, 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.