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The Moon on Thursday, November 26, 1959: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on November 26, 1959Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 November 1959370,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
370,800 km230,404 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Thursday, November 26, 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.