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The Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 2013Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 November 2013365,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
365,837 km227,321 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2013 is on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 15:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 3, 201312:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 10, 201305:57

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 3, 2013 to the new moon of December 3, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.