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The Moon on Saturday, January 11, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 11, 1997Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 January 1997360,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,345 km223,908 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 9, 199704:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 15, 199720:02

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Saturday, January 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1997 to the new moon of February 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.44 days.