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The Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1959: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on November 24, 1959Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 November 1959383,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
383,256 km238,144 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 23, 195913:03
New Moon (after)Monday, November 30, 195908:46

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Tuesday, November 24, 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.