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The Moon on Friday, November 17, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on November 17, 2023Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 November 2023374,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
374,321 km232,592 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2023 is on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 09:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 09:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 13, 202309:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 20, 202310:50

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Friday, November 17, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 2023 to the new moon of December 12, 2023, a cycle of 29.59 days.