Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°
First Quarter at
20:02UTC
Moon phase on January 15, 1997First Quarter
On Wednesday, January 15, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
376,610 km234,015 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 15, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, January 9, 1997 | 04:26 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, January 15, 1997 | 20:02 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, January 23, 1997 | 15:11 |
The Moon around January 15
More about this date
Wednesday, January 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.