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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on October 11, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 October 1997368,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
368,765 km229,140 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1997 is on Thursday, October 16, 1997 at 03:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at 16:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 9, 199712:22
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 16, 199703:46

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 31, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.