Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°
Moon age
3.8days
Moon phase on November 3, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, November 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
403,951 km251,003 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to November 3, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, October 30, 2016 | 17:38 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, November 7, 2016 | 19:51 |
The Moon around November 3
More about this date
Thursday, November 3, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 2016 to the new moon of November 29, 2016, a cycle of 29.78 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in November 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.