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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on January 22, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 January 1997402,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
402,920 km250,363 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 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.