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The Moon on Saturday, January 18, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 January 1997390,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 18, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
390,816 km242,841 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 15, 199720:02
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 23, 199715:11

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Saturday, January 18, 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.