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The Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1997: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on January 4, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 January 1997383,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 4, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
383,882 km238,533 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1997 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1996 at 20:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 2, 199701:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 9, 199704:26

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Saturday, January 4, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1996 to the new moon of January 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.