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The Moon on Thursday, November 8, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on November 8, 2018Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 November 2018386,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 8, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
386,528 km240,177 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2018 is on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 05:39 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 16:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, November 7, 201816:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 15, 201814:54

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Thursday, November 8, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 7, 2018 to the new moon of December 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.64 days.