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The Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on November 22, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 November 1969389,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 22, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
389,796 km242,208 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1969 is on Sunday, November 23, 1969 at 23:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Saturday, November 22, 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.