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The Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on November 22, 1959Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 November 1959394,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 22, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
394,367 km245,048 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Sunday, November 22, 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.