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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 November 1969386,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
386,450 km240,129 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1969 is on Sunday, November 23, 1969 at 23:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 16, 196915:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 23, 196923:54

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1969 to the new moon of December 9, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.