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The Moon on Sunday, November 16, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on November 16, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 November 2008362,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 16, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
362,622 km225,323 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Sunday, November 16, 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.