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The Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on November 18, 2023Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 November 2023372,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
372,540 km231,486 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2023 is on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 09:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 09:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Saturday, November 18, 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.