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The Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on November 8, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 November 2016382,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
382,498 km237,673 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 7, 201619:51
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 14, 201613:52

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Tuesday, November 8, 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.