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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 11, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 December 1997370,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
370,191 km230,026 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1997 is on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 02:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 7, 199706:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 14, 199702:37

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1997 to the new moon of December 29, 1997, a cycle of 29.61 days.