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The Moon on Friday, November 9, 2012: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on November 9, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 9 November 2012376,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 9, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
376,994 km234,253 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Friday, November 9, 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.