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The Moon on Friday, November 24, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on November 24, 2017Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 November 2017402,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 24, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
402,435 km250,061 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 11:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Friday, November 24, 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.