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The Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 1959Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 November 1959398,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 21, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
398,698 km247,739 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Saturday, November 21, 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.