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The Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 2021: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on November 3, 2021Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 November 2021364,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
364,140 km226,266 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 28, 202120:05
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 4, 202121:15

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.