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The Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on November 16, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 November 1961369,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 16, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
369,767 km229,762 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1961 is on Wednesday, November 22, 1961 at 09:44 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Thursday, November 16, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1961 to the new moon of December 7, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.