Daily lunar detail

November 2040 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Waning Crescent and closes with a Waning Crescent. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

New MoonNovember 4, 2040 at 6:56 PM UTC
First QuarterNovember 11, 2040 at 3:23 PM UTC
Full MoonNovember 18, 2040 at 7:06 PM UTC
Last QuarterNovember 26, 2040 at 9:07 PM UTC

The lunar story of November 2040

New Moon occurs November 4, 2040. Full Moon occurs November 18, 2040. The first major event is New Moon on November 4, 2040, and the month progresses from 12% to 17% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.