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The Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on November 5, 2020Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 November 2020395,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 5, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
395,809 km245,944 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 05:07 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 31, 202014:49
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 8, 202013:46

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Thursday, November 5, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.