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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1997Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 January 1997363,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,017 km225,568 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.