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The Moon on Monday, November 17, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on November 17, 1997Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 November 1997380,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 17, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
380,767 km236,597 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Monday, November 17, 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.