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The Moon on Monday, November 16, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on November 16, 1970Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 November 1970388,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 16, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
388,482 km241,391 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 13, 197007:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 20, 197023:13

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Monday, November 16, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1970 to the new moon of November 28, 1970, a cycle of 29.62 days.