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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on November 16, 2011Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 November 2011387,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
387,659 km240,880 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2011 is on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, November 10, 201120:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 18, 201115:09

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 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.