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The Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on November 18, 1997Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 November 1997386,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
386,416 km240,108 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Tuesday, November 18, 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.