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The Moon on Thursday, November 20, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on November 20, 1997Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 November 1997396,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 20, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
396,592 km246,431 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Thursday, November 20, 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.