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The Moon on Friday, November 3, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on November 3, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 November 2017366,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 3, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
366,440 km227,695 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Friday, November 3, 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.