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The Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 November 2021403,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
403,996 km251,031 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2021 is on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 08:58 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 19, 202108:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 27, 202112:28

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Tuesday, November 23, 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.