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The Moon on Friday, November 4, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on November 4, 2016Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 November 2016401,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
401,402 km249,420 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 30, 201617:38
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 7, 201619:51

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Friday, November 4, 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.