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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on November 16, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 November 2016360,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
360,526 km224,020 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 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.