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The Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on November 5, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 November 2014370,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
370,868 km230,446 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 31, 201402:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 6, 201422:23

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 2014 to the new moon of November 22, 2014, a cycle of 29.61 days.