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The Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on November 16, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 November 1997375,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 16, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
375,321 km233,214 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 14, 199714:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 21, 199723:58

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Sunday, November 16, 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.