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The Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 14, 1997Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 January 1997371,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 14, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
371,571 km230,884 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Tuesday, January 14, 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.