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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on November 17, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 November 2005387,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
387,736 km240,928 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2005 is on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 00:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 2, 2005 to the new moon of December 1, 2005, a cycle of 29.57 days.