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The Moon on Monday, November 21, 2016: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Last Quarter at

08:33UTC

Moon phase on November 21, 2016Last Quarter

Monday 21 November 2016389,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 21, 2016, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
389,041 km241,739 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 14, 201613:52
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, November 21, 201608:33
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 29, 201612:18

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Monday, November 21, 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.