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The Moon on Friday, November 28, 1997: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on November 28, 1997Waning Crescent

Friday 28 November 1997395,357 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
395,357 km245,663 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Friday, November 28, 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.