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The Moon on Thursday, November 15, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on November 15, 2012Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 November 2012358,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 15, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
358,456 km222,734 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 13, 201222:08
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 20, 201214:32

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Thursday, November 15, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 2012 to the new moon of December 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.44 days.