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The Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2011: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

First Quarter at

16:38UTC

Moon phase on November 2, 2011First Quarter

Wednesday 2 November 2011389,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
389,168 km241,818 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 2011 is on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 26, 201119:56
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, November 2, 201116:38
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 10, 201120:16

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 26, 2011 to the new moon of November 25, 2011, a cycle of 29.43 days.