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The Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 November 2012387,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
387,870 km241,011 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Wednesday, November 21, 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.