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The Moon on Friday, November 9, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on November 9, 2018Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 November 2018390,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 9, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
390,710 km242,776 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 2018 is on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 05:39 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 16:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Friday, November 9, 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.