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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 1997: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Last Quarter at

23:58UTC

Moon phase on November 21, 1997Last Quarter

Friday 21 November 1997400,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 1997, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
400,410 km248,803 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 14, 199714:12
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, November 21, 199723:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 30, 199702:14

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 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.