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The Moon on Thursday, November 20, 2008: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on November 20, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 November 2008381,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
381,420 km237,004 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 19, 200821:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 27, 200816:55

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Thursday, November 20, 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.