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The Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1997: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on November 23, 1997Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 November 1997404,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 23, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
404,459 km251,319 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Sunday, November 23, 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.