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The Moon on Saturday, November 22, 1997: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on November 22, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 November 1997403,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 22, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
403,066 km250,454 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Saturday, November 22, 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.