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The Moon on Friday, November 18, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on November 18, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 November 2016370,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 18, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
370,693 km230,338 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Friday, November 18, 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.