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The Moon on Friday, November 26, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on November 26, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 November 1971371,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
371,383 km230,767 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 25, 197116:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 2, 197107:48

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Friday, November 26, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 1971 to the new moon of December 17, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.