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The Moon on Friday, November 27, 1959: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on November 27, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 27 November 1959365,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 27, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
365,176 km226,910 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1959 is on Sunday, November 15, 1959 at 09:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 30, 1959 at 08:46 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Friday, November 27, 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.