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The Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2017: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

New Moon at

11:42UTC

Moon phase on November 18, 2017New Moon

Saturday 18 November 2017402,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 18, 2017, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
402,133 km249,873 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:42 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 10, 201720:37
New Moon (this day)Saturday, November 18, 201711:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 26, 201717:03

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Saturday, November 18, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2017 to the new moon of December 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.78 days.