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The Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2012: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on November 8, 2012Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 November 2012383,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 8, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
383,288 km238,164 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 7, 201200:36
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 13, 201222:08

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Thursday, November 8, 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.