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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1960: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on November 17, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 November 1960372,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
372,737 km231,608 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 18, 1960 at 23:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 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.