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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1960: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on November 16, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 November 1960377,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
377,971 km234,860 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 18, 1960 at 23:46 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 11, 196013:48
New Moon (after)Friday, November 18, 196023:46

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1960 to the new moon of November 18, 1960, a cycle of 29.49 days.