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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on November 12, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 November 2016360,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
360,306 km223,884 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 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.