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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2072: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

First Quarter at

16:03UTC

Moon phase on November 17, 2072First Quarter

Thursday 17 November 2072402,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 2072, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
402,272 km249,960 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2072 is on Friday, November 25, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 10, 2072 at 04:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 10, 207204:21
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, November 17, 207216:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 25, 207216:59

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 10, 2072 to the new moon of December 9, 2072, a cycle of 29.53 days.