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The Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on November 12, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 November 2008362,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
362,288 km225,115 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 6, 200804:04
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 13, 200806:17

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 28, 2008 to the new moon of November 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.74 days.