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The Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on November 21, 2017Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 November 2017406,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,082 km252,327 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 18, 201711:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 26, 201717:03

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Tuesday, November 21, 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.