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The Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on November 12, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 November 1997363,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 12, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
363,391 km225,801 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 31, 1997 at 10:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Wednesday, November 12, 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.