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The Moon on Sunday, November 27, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on November 27, 2011Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 November 2011370,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
370,057 km229,943 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 25, 201106:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 2, 201109:52

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Sunday, November 27, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2011 to the new moon of December 24, 2011, a cycle of 29.50 days.