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The Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on November 2, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 November 2017370,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 2, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
370,927 km230,484 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 27, 201722:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 4, 201705:23

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Thursday, November 2, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 2017 to the new moon of November 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.69 days.