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The Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on November 15, 2016Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 November 2016357,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 15, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
357,563 km222,179 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 14, 201613:52
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 21, 201608:33

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Tuesday, November 15, 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.