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The Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 January 1997394,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
394,659 km245,230 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Sunday, January 19, 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.