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The Moon on Thursday, November 22, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on November 22, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 November 2018375,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
375,672 km233,432 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 2018 is on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 05:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 07:21 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Thursday, November 22, 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.