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The Moon on Friday, November 23, 2018: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Full Moon at

05:39UTC

Moon phase on November 23, 2018Full Moon

Friday 23 November 2018371,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 23, 2018, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
371,769 km231,007 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Beaver Moon, 372,709 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2018 is on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 05:39 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 07:21 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 15, 201814:54
Full Moon (this day)Friday, November 23, 201805:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 30, 201800:19

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Friday, November 23, 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.