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The Moon on Sunday, November 5, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on November 5, 2017Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 November 2017361,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 5, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
361,633 km224,708 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:42 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 4, 201705:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 10, 201720:37

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Sunday, November 5, 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.