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The Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on November 17, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 November 2015381,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,072 km236,787 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 17:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 2015 to the new moon of December 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.70 days.