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Moon phases December 1997

First quarter
Sun 07 Dec
06:09 UTC
Full · Cold
Sun 14 Dec
02:37 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 21 Dec
21:43 UTC
New moon
Mon 29 Dec
16:57 UTC

In December 1997 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Sunday, December 7 at 06:09 UTC, the Full Moon on Sunday, December 14 at 02:37 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, December 21 at 21:43 UTC and the New Moon on Monday, December 29 at 16:57 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 02 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 03 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 04 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 05 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 06 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 07First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%06:09 08 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 14Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%02:37 15 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 16 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 17 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 18 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 19 Waning Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 20 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 21Last Q Last Quarter, 54% lit 54%21:43 22 Waning Crescent, 45% lit 45% 23 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 24 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 25 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 26 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 27 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 28 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 29New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:57 30 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 31 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4%

Exact phase times

December 1997 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 7, the Full Moon on December 14, the Last Quarter on December 21 and the New Moon on December 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterSunday, December 7, 199706:09
Full MoonSunday, December 14, 199702:37
Last QuarterSunday, December 21, 199721:43
New MoonMonday, December 29, 199716:57

Sunday, December 14, 1997: Cold Moon, 377,353 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1997

Twelve full moons, one blue

23 Jan Wolf Micromoon 22 Feb Snow Micromoon 24 Mar Worm partial eclipse 22 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold