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The Moon on Monday, November 5, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 2012Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 November 2012398,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 5, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
398,909 km247,870 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Monday, November 5, 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.