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The Moon on Friday, November 6, 2015: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on November 6, 2015Waning Crescent

Friday 6 November 2015404,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 6, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
404,703 km251,471 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 17:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 3, 201512:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 11, 201517:47

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Friday, November 6, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.