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The Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on November 18, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 November 2026392,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 18, 2026, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 60.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
392,622 km243,964 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2026 is on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 14:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 07:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 17, 202611:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 24, 202614:54

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 2026 to the new moon of December 9, 2026, a cycle of 29.74 days.