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The Moon on Friday, November 23, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 November 2012396,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 23, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
396,861 km246,598 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Friday, November 23, 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.