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The Moon on Saturday, November 8, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on November 8, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 November 1997371,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 8, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
371,452 km230,809 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 7, 199721:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 14, 199714:12

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Saturday, November 8, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1997 to the new moon of November 30, 1997, a cycle of 29.68 days.