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The Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on November 21, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 November 1961376,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 21, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
376,347 km233,851 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1961 is on Wednesday, November 22, 1961 at 09:44 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Tuesday, November 21, 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.