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The Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on November 17, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 November 2018399,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 17, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
399,186 km248,043 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2018 is on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 05:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 16:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 15, 201814:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 23, 201805:39

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Saturday, November 17, 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.