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The Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on November 18, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 November 2012370,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
370,930 km230,485 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Sunday, November 18, 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.