Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°
Full Moon at
15:11UTC
Moon phase on January 23, 1997Full Moon
On Thursday, January 23, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
404,601 km251,407 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 404,783 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 23, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, January 15, 1997 | 20:02 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, January 23, 1997 | 15:11 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, January 31, 1997 | 19:40 |
The Moon around January 23
More about this date
Thursday, January 23, 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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