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The Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 1997: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on November 26, 1997Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 November 1997401,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
401,508 km249,485 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Wednesday, November 26, 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.