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The Moon on Saturday, November 6, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 2021Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 November 2021359,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 6, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
359,131 km223,154 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 2021 is on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 08:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 4, 202121:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 11, 202112:46

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Saturday, November 6, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 2021 to the new moon of December 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.44 days.