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The Moon on Sunday, November 20, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on November 20, 2016Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 November 2016383,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
383,146 km238,076 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Sunday, November 20, 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.