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The Moon on Friday, November 2, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on November 2, 2012Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 November 2012405,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 2, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,726 km252,106 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 29, 201219:50
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 7, 201200:36

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Friday, November 2, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 2012 to the new moon of November 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.42 days.