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The Moon on Friday, November 20, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on November 20, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 November 2026380,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 20, 2026, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
380,828 km236,636 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 2026 is on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 14:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 07:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Friday, November 20, 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.