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The Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 2017: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on November 15, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 November 2017393,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
393,734 km244,655 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:42 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 10, 201720:37
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 18, 201711:42

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Wednesday, November 15, 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.